March 2, 2015—The United Soybean Board (USB), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), and the International Certified Crop Adviser (ICCA) Program have partnered to develop new training for a specialty c... Read More

Many same-sex couples in Northeast Nebraska are still in limbo as to whether they'll be able to get legally married starting next Monday.
Yesterday , Judge Joseph Bataillon made his decision to lift Nebraska's same-sex marriage ban, effective Ma... Read More

Lyons, NE - USDA's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced that the deadline for producer applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to March 13, 2015.
While CSP is a continuous sign-u... Read More

In the story that seems to have no end, St. Francis Memorial Hospital officials and physicians were again in shock this week when BlueCross BlueShield of Nebraska (BCBS) sent letters to area subscribers in error.
This past January BCBS implied St.... Read More

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is withdrawing its 2008 proposed rule that would have amended the regulations regarding the introduction (importation, interstate movement, and environmental release) of certain genetically en... Read More

Lincoln, Neb., March 2, 2015 -- U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska will be the keynote speaker at the annual Nebraska LEAD (Leadership Education/Action Development) Program recognition banquet March 13.
Fischer’s address will provide insight on... Read More

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reminds Kansans that early March through the end of April is the time when large areas of the state’s Flint Hills rangeland are burned, a practice that can impact air quality. ... Read More

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Wintery weather has created slick roads this morning in eastern Nebraska.
A crash near 186th and State streets in Omaha just before 7 this morning left one person dead.
Also several fire department units were reported in Waterloo this mo... Read More

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced interest rates for March 2015. The CCC borrowing rate-based charge for March is 0.250 percent, unchanged from 0.250 percent in Febru... Read More

National Agriculture Day, March 18, spotlights American agriculture and serves as a reminder that agriculture is part of us all. The U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers join producers, agricultural associations, corporations, students and gov... Read More